CONSTRUCTION workers kept Labour conference a blacklister-free zone this week after a senior manager of a firm embroiled in the scandalous practice fled Manchester rather than face their wrath.
Lend Lease residential chief Richard Cook had been due to speak at a Monday afternoon fringe organised by Labour List on house-building.
But furious Ucatt delegates planned to picket the meeting over allegations the construction firm has blacklisted workers.
With ‘Your Party’ holding its founding conference in Liverpool this weekend, JEREMY CORBYN speaks to Morning Star editor Ben Chacko about its potential, its priorities — and a few of its controversies too
Apart from a bright spark of hope in the victory of the Gaza motion, this year’s conference lacked vision and purpose — we need to urgently reconnect Labour with its roots rather than weakly aping the flag-waving right, argues KIM JOHNSON MP


